Frsky Problems?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:18 am
In the interests of balance, which is what this forum is all about, I'm a keen buyer and user of Frsky 2.4 radio in my Futaba FF9 but I have lost 2 nice models that have been confirmed as Frsky receiver failures by the UK Dealer.
I'm still keen on Frsky and want them to succeed, but it has rocked my confidence a bit, especially using them in something nice (I've just got a 5.4m MDM Fox glider and it won't be going in that!).
The failures are especially baffling because the receiver had functioned OK on numerous flights and also for about 15 mins on the actual flight when the failures occurred (I realise some of you will be sure it is a battery problem not the rx but trust me it has been fully checked and the UK Dealer has agreed it is an rx failure).
Basically, on both occasions the rx shut down completely and did not go into failsafe mode (even through it had been set and checked) - unfortunately both times it seemed to fail in "down" elevator and so the models came in vertically (you can catch the last moments of my PSS Lear Jet by searching for PSS Lear on YouTube!).
Frsky are looking at the rx in China now to see what the problem was - I'm not posting this to scare anyone off the system because I still think it's great and Frsky and the Dealer could not have responded more openly or positively (imagine Futaba/JR admitting they had a problem?!) but I think I will be using the receivers in foamies or something not too precious for a while...
Simon
I'm still keen on Frsky and want them to succeed, but it has rocked my confidence a bit, especially using them in something nice (I've just got a 5.4m MDM Fox glider and it won't be going in that!).
The failures are especially baffling because the receiver had functioned OK on numerous flights and also for about 15 mins on the actual flight when the failures occurred (I realise some of you will be sure it is a battery problem not the rx but trust me it has been fully checked and the UK Dealer has agreed it is an rx failure).
Basically, on both occasions the rx shut down completely and did not go into failsafe mode (even through it had been set and checked) - unfortunately both times it seemed to fail in "down" elevator and so the models came in vertically (you can catch the last moments of my PSS Lear Jet by searching for PSS Lear on YouTube!).
Frsky are looking at the rx in China now to see what the problem was - I'm not posting this to scare anyone off the system because I still think it's great and Frsky and the Dealer could not have responded more openly or positively (imagine Futaba/JR admitting they had a problem?!) but I think I will be using the receivers in foamies or something not too precious for a while...
Simon